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D T Pollard
ESSENCE Bestselling author D.T. Pollard was born in Henderson, Texas, and currently lives in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He is married and has one son. Drawn to writing at an early age D T wrote short stories and attempted his first novel while attending West Rusk High School in New London, Texas. Going as far as to purchase a portable electric typewriter he wrote stories but didn't understand the world of publishing and never sought that avenue. D T earned an academic scholarship to the School of Business and Industry at Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida. He stopped writing during his second year in college. After working in sales for some of the giants of the technology world for over twenty-five years D T's desire to write returned after losing several siblings from various causes. His first novel The Trophy Wife Network was published in April 2006 followed by Rooftop Diva-A Novel of Triumph After Katrina in September 2006. Fools' Heaven is his third novel. Rooftop Diva made the ESSENCE bestselling harcover extended list in October 2007. Fools' Heaven was rated 4.5 out of five stars by the Rawsistaz Reviewers and rated as one of their favorites. His latest books are TARP Town U S A - The Recession That Saved America and Obama Guilty of Being President While Black. http://DTPollard.com
Do Blacks Avoid Serious Subjects
This topic caused quite a stir on another forum. I want to find out what people thought about that subject here. You can check out the other discussion via a link at the bottom of the page.
Are we as a people hooked on entertainment to our own peril? Comedies, lite dramas and music seem to dominate our culture. Many of our entertainers are looked upon as leaders versus the white culture many entertainers are looked as outside the mainstream in terms of lifestyle and politics. Books with sex and scandal are our bestselling literature. Serious subjects like politics,economics, history and the like involving our people seem to be missing in our everyday discussions. The few mainstream television media outlets that focus on the black community are heavily laden with music videos. Even with a black President, we have a scarce number of voices on the mainstream networks and cable political news programs. A sure way for a black movie to fail is for it to be about something historical. Maybe we just want to escape a dreary day-to-day existence. My contention is we may be laughing, watching videos and singing as the bottom is falling out from under us as it did when the economy collapsed. Now we are the hardest hit and want the President to do something targeted to our problems. Maybe my perception is off the mark, but I feel like we are missing something and being bypassed by other groups that have a shorter history here than we do. Is there anything to what I'm thinking or are we just fine?
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Discussion of Topic On Black Voices
It's 2010, What State of Mind Are You In?
What is your state of mind?
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What is your favorite way to spend a few hours or a few days?
What about you?
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How will people cope?
How about you?
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Will you make any changes to your lifestyle?
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Where will we go in 2010?
Given the economy, wars, and President Obama, what direction are we heading in the United States and and worldwide?
What are you reading in 2010
What books are you reading or plan to read in 2010? Do you plan to read more fiction, non-fiction, self-help etc.
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